No additional students test positive for COVID-19, 3 students recover
A mask is taped to NIU’s Olive Goyle statue next to Altgeld Hall. NIU has made changes to mask guidelines on campus, following Pritzker’s plan to lift mandates.
December 17, 2020
DeKALB — NIU announced Thursday that no additional students and no employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, and three students have recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Thursday, 11 students and seven employees are currently COVID-19 positive.
The dashboard’s cumulative testing statistics show a total of 601 Huskies that have tested positive for COVID-19, and 583 have recovered.
As of Thursday at 3:00 p.m., NIU is at 0% quarantine and isolation use, the same as Wednesday.